Reliance sees the new handset, named JioPhone, allowing it to target India's entire mobile market for the first time. "Airtel, Vodafone do not have such bandwidth to give free phones, or the kind of content that Jio has." Voice calling will be free on the JioPhone, while unlimited data packs will cost 153 rupees ($2.38) a month. The company was bracing for huge demand after the launch and expected it might run out of stock, said a senior company executive who did not wish to be named. Ambani said that Jio has more than 100 million paying customers with most of them on a 309 rupees plan.

Source: bd News24 July 22, 2017 05:03 UTC